An Internet meme (pron.: /ˈmiːm/ meem) is a concept that spreads from person to person via the Internet.[1] The concept of a meme was defined and described by Richard Dawkins in his 1976 book The Selfish Gene, as an attempt to explain the way cultural information spreads;[2] internet memes are a subset of this, specific to the culture and environment of the internet.

Guys, forget the "is it or isn't it" thing and get on with it. Top Gun was just pointing out the convention, but just because there's a convention does that mean we MUST follow it? Should you limit your expression just because of some convention??

Looks like it's time for The Pep Talk (apologies to Todd and his stick twirling gag)

Guys, forget the "is it or isn't it" thing and get on with it. Top Gun was just pointing out the convention, but just because there's a convention does that mean we MUST follow it? Should you limit your expression just because of some convention??

Looks like it's time for The Pep Talk (apologies to Todd and his stick twirling gag)

Absolutely. Mr Gun actually has a point that we've all taken certain liberties with the "meme rules" but it's all just a bit of fun and it's not like anyone's submitting these to Memebase to be critiqued by random people on the interwebs.
No-one outside our humble little forum would get the jokes anyway : )